Monthly Archives: May 2015

School’s almost out! Prom is just around the corner, and summer is stretched before you like a veritable buffet of delights. And you want to enjoy it, not spend it in jail, or doing required community service, or without the…

Stories about police officers being arrested for crimes are often considered to be scandalous simply because the accused is a cop. But in this particular instance the ensuing scandal includes more than just the arrested officer. According to the press…

Police Share Results For the person who drives home after a few too many beers at the bar, “success” is making it home without getting pulled over, and without wreaking any havoc along the way. But for the myriad police…

Judges Judging Judges: Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Most judges judge the actions and choices of civilians. Every now and again one of them will be required to judge an attorney or a police officer – a member of the law enforcement…

Drunk, Bloodied, and Charged With 3rd DUI Usually when a police officer notices a car slowing down and speeding up and slipping in and out of their lane at 3 in the morning, they assume that the driver is inebriated.…

Child’s Death Results in Murder Charge Very few people, when having a few drinks before they drive off into the sunset, think about the possible consequences of their choices. 24-year-old Ieshia Barnes from Pontiac certainly didn’t. After all, if she…

There was much public uproar, fed by a scandalized media, after it was discovered that in December of last year, Governor Snyder extended a rare DUI pardon. The beneficiary of this rather unusual generosity was none other than Alan Gocha…

In the Kent County Circuit Court, Michelle Carmelita Lerma appeared recently before Judge Mark Trusock where she pled no contest to a single count of operating while intoxicated causing death. In return, the prosecution agreed to drop a single charge…